A Healthy Skin Microbiome – All You Need To Know

Self-care it is a symbiotic relationship between the inside and the outside. The one who is reading this is already on the track of what is a healthy living. Or want to channelize the energy more towards a healthier lifestyle.

Personally, I have been inspired by the work and passion of Amy. Her research has helped me help my friends and clients but mostly understanding myself the symbiotic relationship between the gut microbiome and the skin microbiome.

Both are interconnected. Our bodies are home to trillions of good bacteria that protect us from the bad ones. Something apparently not related like antibiotic consumption, eating GMO, increased sugar consumption, mold,  results in having an impact on the gut flora reflecting on the outside with skin rashes, rosacea, blackheads and even active acne.

What you use on your beauty and self-care regimen that is not friendly to your skin microbiome affects your gut microbiome in the long term with a decreased population of good bacteria, reflux, leaky gut etc.

While we know more about incorporating probiotics and prebiotics in our eating habits, we know a little less about keeping a balanced skin microbiome. Of course, the usage of natural skincare is the first step to understanding it. But we are keen on knowing more in a mindful way about the little invisible friends on our skin that have associated us throughout the entire human evolution. Yep, they are our friends. No good bacteria no humans 🙂

Sounds gross but this was the biggest mistake the beauty industry didn’t take into account while formulating beauty products. That counts for the food industry too.

 

Steps into having a healthy skin microbiome

 

1. Redefine “Clean”.  What is clean?

The good news is that the new health and lifestyle age of coaches, educators are agreeing more and more that clean is not being sterile and killing off the good bacteria on your skin, scalp, hands. The new clean is keeping the balance within the microbiome which helps us keep any kind of inflammation at bay.

ALSO READ: What Is Clean Eating? 7 Simple Rules To Live A Healthy And Clean Lifestyle

 

2. Identify your products.

From sanitizers to shampoos, face creams, cleansers, your indoor cleaning habits. None should result in sterilization of good bacteria. Avoid products that contain parabens, conservators, harsh chemicals. Ask for locally handcrafted cleansers, and beauty products and detergents.

 

3. Organic food

Eat seasonal bio-organic food, apply slow food concept. Start your garden 🙂

ALSO READ: Going Organic Without Breaking The Bank

 

4. Fermented foods

Include more fermented foods in your diet. ACV, kombucha, kefir, organic wine, sauerkraut, fermented bio-organic soybeans etc. Ask Amy’s delicious recipe for homemade kombucha. 🙂

ALSO READ: How To Make Fizzy Kombucha Tea (+ why you should have a glass every day)

 

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